21 January "Mantle Rejects Pact, Calls Pay Cut Too Big"
-Mickey Mantles pay was cut by $15,000
-his performance last season wasn't so great (slugging outfielder admitted).
-He sent their proffed contract back to them
28 January "Stengal Refuses to Look at '60 Crystal Ball"
-Casey Stengal admitted "made a mistake" last year.
-Predicted Bombers would walk away with their 10th American League pennant in 11years, they came third.
-Roger Maris (young outfielder) aquired in a 7player deal w.athletes.
29 January "Berra Signs 4 Yankee Contracts"
-Yogi Berra signed over people/contracts.
-9pennant- winnning teams, a string (1949)
-Yogi is a 3time winner of American's League MVP award.
-8cities will be represented -New York -Toranto -Denver -Alanta -Houston -Dallas Fort Worth -Minneapolis St. Paul
-Havana concerns because of political situation in Cuba.
2 February "Turley of Yanks Accepts Pay Cut"
-"signs at estimated $28,000"
-Bob Turley (pitcher) threw a fireball at 94.2miles an hour.
-he stayed long enough to sign a contract.
-signed 6contract as Yankee
-signed 10contract as a major leaguer.
-was 21game player
-fanned 168
-earned-run average of 2.98 & won 2world series games.
-won CY Young Memorial Award
10 February "Yankees Bid City Buy Stadium And Seek 2d Club as Tenant"
-suggested the city to take over Yankee Stadium
-operate it as municipal project instead of building new Flushing Meadow Municipal Stadium.
-Yankess would remain as co-tenants,
-Flushing Meadow Municipal Stadium will not be built ¬ finished for 1961 nor 1962.
-William A. Shae which was the founder of the Continental League refused to play in the Yankee Stadium because they wanted their own Stadium.
-Shae suggests that the new team could play at Polo Grounds or Ebbets Field until a new stadium was built for them.
-Branch Rickey says "This is progress, and the only way to make progress is to make more progress."
-Mr. Friedlund states the cost of a program would be estimated at $15,000,000 of Flushing Meadow Stadium.
-tripling bleachers increase to capicity of 100,000, new parking space&escalators.
28 February "Yanks Phone an offer to Mantle But He Says 'Wrong Numbers'"
-Richardson -Yankees second baseman - $16,000 w.an increase of $4,000 in 1959.
-Death of 89 year old Al Lang, worked 50years making Florida the mecca of major league spring training.
-Showing respect Yankees cancelled their training one week&held his funeral their.
6 March "Mantle Is Adamant"
-Mantle, he was pride injured and they wanted him to sign a contract.
-he got made at them because they said he was trying to "bulldoze" people into giving him what he wants.
7 March "Ford and Mantle Worry Manager"
-the weather was not good baseball weather.
-delays of having whole team practice because of the contract signing.
-the big concern was Bob Turley.
13 April "Wagner Pledges Queen Stadium Will Be Erected"
-$14,000 plastic model.
-Stadium to serve as NY entry into Continental League.
-South of the arena would be the site of the 1964 World's Fair.
-Giants- San Francisco & Dodgers- LA (1959)
28 April "Other City Parks Often Lose Money"
-The City Parks had to pay money.
-Some places thought it was unfair because some parks don't have any professional use, they let amaturs use the fields.
-Downing Stadium (Randells island-built 1937) has no professional use.
29 April "Suit Threatened On New Stadium"
-threatened by taxpayer's court challenge.
31 May "Mantle Hurts Jaw In Running Battle With Mob of Fans"
-Mantle got punched by Yankee fans while leaving Yankee Stadium.
-got a bruised jaw.
-he caught a flyball &before he could get to the dugout, people came onto the field.
-people called the stadium complaining that they or their kids got hit while mantle pushed his way through the crowd.
1 June "Punching Tactics Denied By Mantle"
-t.v press were saying that Mantle punched some of the fans in the whole mob.
-Mantle denied that he punched anyone, he said it was more like a breast-stroke in swimming.
-Mantle said that he would never hit a kid, he has four of his own and he wouldn't hit a fan.
4 June "Mantle And Fans At Peace Again"
-No fans were looking for trouble.
-No guards were guarding them.
-Nothing bad happend to anyone who attended.
19 July "Loop Affiliation Remains In Doubt"
-they were discussing expansion.
22 July "Door Is Left Open For A Future Bid"
-expansion , 8teams now to 10teams
-bid made in telegram to Warren Giles.
-no action could be taken on the application presently.
-wire was signed by John J. Bergan & Irving Mitchell Felt.
4 August "Baseball Expands"
-baseball leagues were beginning to expand, the major league
-teams were expanding.
29 September "Bombers Kept Busy Denying Weiss Is On His Way Out"
-Weiss said that he was to get $75,000.
29 September "Welcome Mat Is Out For Stengel as A's General Manager"
-Kansas business man prepared to pay a price of like $3,000,000
-civic committee sponsered the Kansas City Chamber of Commerence.
4 October "Pirates No Match in The Number of Distance Hitter"
-Mantle, switch hitter gives both advantage.
7 October "Odds Now Favor Yankees"
-have a chance to win the Pirates game next Saturday.
-Yankees are 6-5 underdogs for the Series.
7 October "Yanks Crush Pirates, 16-3, In 2d Game and Ties Series"
-2nd game @ Forbes Field beat Pittsburgh Pirates 16-3.
9 October "Yanks Win 3d Game, 10-0; Penn State Defeats Army"
-Fred Green, homerun total in World Series competition was 14 (1behind Babe Ruths record)
-New Yorkers got 7 of their 16 hits in the 1st inning.
ESSAY:
"They made too many wrong mistakes," Yogi Berra shared after the New York Yankees lost the World Series in 1960. Although Berra said that, the Yankees had been successful during the regular season, winning 97 and losing 57 games. The Yankees were 6-5 underdogs for the series. In the 1960 major league baseball season, the Yankees faced many dilemmas but they still qualified for the World Series.
The first dilemma was the Yankees' poor performance (79wins and 75 losses) in the 1959 season. Their bad performance resulted in some paycuts. Some of the players accepted their paycut, while others did not want to take a paycut at all or as much. Bob Turley, the New York Yankees pitcher, accepted his paycut and he signed at about $28,000 ("Turley of Yanks Accepts Pay Cut", February 2, 1960). On the other hand, Mickey Mantle did not accept his paycut of about $15,000 less, he thought they were cutting him off too much money ("Mantle Rejects Pact, Calls Pay Cut Too Big", January 21, 1960). Mantle then left because he was upset with the paycuts.
The second dilemma that occurred during the 1960 season was that the New York Yankees were signing different contacts. Bob Turley signed two different contacts. Turley signed a six year contract as a Yankees player and he signed another contact for ten years as a major leaguer. Yogi Berra also signed over contracts ("Berra Signs 4 Yankee Contracts", January 29, 1960). All of the contract signings were affecting the Yankees manager, he began to worry.
The third dilemma was that now a worried manager was managing the Yankees through the baseball season. Contract signings were one of the things that worried him because he couldn't get the whole team together and that led to delayed practices. Not having the team together made it even harder to maintain and hold good, hard working, whole team practices. Another worry that was affecting the practices was the weather. The weather wasn't baseball weather, it was not good weather to be practicing in (during the season).
The fourth dilemma was that during a game against the Washington Senators, Mantle caught a flyball that ended the second game. When he was on his way to the Yankees dugout, people came from the stands onto the field. A mob attacked Mantle, leaving him a bruised jaw. While he was leaving the stadium, he also got punched and mauled by some fans. Mantle pushed his way through the crowd to escape. The press claimed that Mantle punched the fans in the mob while he tried to leave. People called the stadium and complained that Mantle hit them or their kids in the crowd. Mantle said, "I would never hit a kid, I have four of my own and I wouldn't hit a fan." ("Punching Tactics Denied By Mantle" June 1,1960).Mantle let it known that he did not hit anyone back. He said that he was just trying to escape the crowd ("Mantle Hurts Jaw In Running Battle With Mob of Fans" May 31, 1960).
The Yankees qualified to the World Series of 1960. It was down to the New York Yankees versus the Pittsburgh Pirates. Out on the field both teams wanted to win the World Series bad and each team was determined, but only one team could be called the winner and walk away known as the 1960 World Series champions. The last inning was either win it or lose it, it was the the inning that determined if the Yankees or Pirates would win. In that last inning, Bill Mazoroski stole the victory right from the Yankees. Mazoroski, from the Pittsburgh Pirates, made a homerun. That last homerun won the Pirates the 1960 World Series.
The final dilemma was, the Yankees pitched an idea of the city buying the Yankee Stadium. If the city brought the Stadium then the Yankees would be the co-tenants. William A. Shea wanted to build a new stadium, Flushing Meadow Stadium. Shea` was the founder of the Continental League. He also refused to play in the Yankee Stadium because they wanted their own stadium. The estimation of the new Flushing Meadow Stadium would be around $15,000,000 and they would be tripling bleachers to the capacity of 100,000. There would be new parking spaces and escalators. Branch Rickey said, "This is progress, and the only way to make progress is to make more progress." ("Yankees Bid City Buy Stadium And Seek 2d Club as Tenant", February 10, 1960). This meant that the Yankees might have to face some comeptition to be the best in New York City and the had the concern of losing fans to the new team and league. If the Yankees were to lose fans then they would lose money and that meant that there would be more paycuts which could lead to some players leaving the team.
Since the New York Yankees lost the World Series, they were devastated. None of the problems or drama that the Yankees went through, really did not affect them winning or losing the 1960 World Series. When the Yankees had that heartbreaking loss, some players blamed their other teammates. This was a loss that the Yankees had to face. They lost as a team.
Tiana Rivera.
WORK CITED:
Drebinger, John, Berra Signs 4 Yankee Contracts, NEW YORK TIMES, January 29th, 1960, print.
Effrat, Louis, Turley Of Yanks Accept Paycut, NEW YORK TIMES, February 2nd, 1960, print.
Mantle Hurts Jaw In Running Battle With Mob Of Fans, NEW YORK TIMES, May 31st, 1960, print.
Mantle Rejects Pact, Calls Pay Cut Too Big, NEW YORK TIMES, January 21st, 1960, print.
Porter, Russell, Yankees Bid City Buy Stadium And Seek 2d Club as Tenants, NEW YORK TIMES, Febraury 10th, 1960, print. Punching Tactics Denied By Mantle, NEW YORK TIMES, June 1st, 1960, print,
21 January "Mantle Rejects Pact, Calls Pay Cut Too Big"
-Mickey Mantles pay was cut by $15,000
-his performance last season wasn't so great (slugging outfielder admitted).
-He sent their proffed contract back to them
28 January "Stengal Refuses to Look at '60 Crystal Ball"
-Casey Stengal admitted "made a mistake" last year.
-Predicted Bombers would walk away with their 10th American League pennant in 11years, they came third.
-Roger Maris (young outfielder) aquired in a 7player deal w.athletes.
29 January "Berra Signs 4 Yankee Contracts"
-Yogi Berra signed over people/contracts.
-9pennant- winnning teams, a string (1949)
-Yogi is a 3time winner of American's League MVP award.
-8cities will be represented -New York -Toranto -Denver -Alanta -Houston -Dallas Fort Worth -Minneapolis St. Paul
-Havana concerns because of political situation in Cuba.
2 February "Turley of Yanks Accepts Pay Cut"
-"signs at estimated $28,000"
-Bob Turley (pitcher) threw a fireball at 94.2miles an hour.
-he stayed long enough to sign a contract.
-signed 6contract as Yankee
-signed 10contract as a major leaguer.
-was 21game player
-fanned 168
-earned-run average of 2.98 & won 2world series games.
-won CY Young Memorial Award
10 February "Yankees Bid City Buy Stadium And Seek 2d Club as Tenant"
-suggested the city to take over Yankee Stadium
-operate it as municipal project instead of building new Flushing Meadow Municipal Stadium.
-Yankess would remain as co-tenants,
-Flushing Meadow Municipal Stadium will not be built ¬ finished for 1961 nor 1962.
-William A. Shae which was the founder of the Continental League refused to play in the Yankee Stadium because they wanted their own Stadium.
-Shae suggests that the new team could play at Polo Grounds or Ebbets Field until a new stadium was built for them.
-Branch Rickey says "This is progress, and the only way to make progress is to make more progress."
-Mr. Friedlund states the cost of a program would be estimated at $15,000,000 of Flushing Meadow Stadium.
-tripling bleachers increase to capicity of 100,000, new parking space&escalators.
28 February "Yanks Phone an offer to Mantle But He Says 'Wrong Numbers'"
-Richardson -Yankees second baseman - $16,000 w.an increase of $4,000 in 1959.
-Death of 89 year old Al Lang, worked 50years making Florida the mecca of major league spring training.
-Showing respect Yankees cancelled their training one week&held his funeral their.
6 March "Mantle Is Adamant"
-Mantle, he was pride injured and they wanted him to sign a contract.
-he got made at them because they said he was trying to "bulldoze" people into giving him what he wants.
7 March "Ford and Mantle Worry Manager"
-the weather was not good baseball weather.
-delays of having whole team practice because of the contract signing.
-the big concern was Bob Turley.
13 April "Wagner Pledges Queen Stadium Will Be Erected"
-$14,000 plastic model.
-Stadium to serve as NY entry into Continental League.
-South of the arena would be the site of the 1964 World's Fair.
-Giants- San Francisco & Dodgers- LA (1959)
28 April "Other City Parks Often Lose Money"
-The City Parks had to pay money.
-Some places thought it was unfair because some parks don't have any professional use, they let amaturs use the fields.
-Downing Stadium (Randells island-built 1937) has no professional use.
29 April "Suit Threatened On New Stadium"
-threatened by taxpayer's court challenge.
31 May "Mantle Hurts Jaw In Running Battle With Mob of Fans"
-Mantle got punched by Yankee fans while leaving Yankee Stadium.
-got a bruised jaw.
-he caught a flyball &before he could get to the dugout, people came onto the field.
-people called the stadium complaining that they or their kids got hit while mantle pushed his way through the crowd.
1 June "Punching Tactics Denied By Mantle"
-t.v press were saying that Mantle punched some of the fans in the whole mob.
-Mantle denied that he punched anyone, he said it was more like a breast-stroke in swimming.
-Mantle said that he would never hit a kid, he has four of his own and he wouldn't hit a fan.
4 June "Mantle And Fans At Peace Again"
-No fans were looking for trouble.
-No guards were guarding them.
-Nothing bad happend to anyone who attended.
19 July "Loop Affiliation Remains In Doubt"
-they were discussing expansion.
22 July "Door Is Left Open For A Future Bid"
-expansion , 8teams now to 10teams
-bid made in telegram to Warren Giles.
-no action could be taken on the application presently.
-wire was signed by John J. Bergan & Irving Mitchell Felt.
4 August "Baseball Expands"
-baseball leagues were beginning to expand, the major league
-teams were expanding.
29 September "Bombers Kept Busy Denying Weiss Is On His Way Out"
-Weiss said that he was to get $75,000.
29 September "Welcome Mat Is Out For Stengel as A's General Manager"
-Kansas business man prepared to pay a price of like $3,000,000
-civic committee sponsered the Kansas City Chamber of Commerence.
4 October "Pirates No Match in The Number of Distance Hitter"
-Mantle, switch hitter gives both advantage.
7 October "Odds Now Favor Yankees"
-have a chance to win the Pirates game next Saturday.
-Yankees are 6-5 underdogs for the Series.
7 October "Yanks Crush Pirates, 16-3, In 2d Game and Ties Series"
-2nd game @ Forbes Field beat Pittsburgh Pirates 16-3.
9 October "Yanks Win 3d Game, 10-0; Penn State Defeats Army"
-Fred Green, homerun total in World Series competition was 14 (1behind Babe Ruths record)
-New Yorkers got 7 of their 16 hits in the 1st inning.
ESSAY:
"They made too many wrong mistakes," Yogi Berra shared after the New York Yankees lost the World Series in 1960. Although Berra said that, the Yankees had been successful during the regular season, winning 97 and losing 57 games. The Yankees were 6-5 underdogs for the series. In the 1960 major league baseball season, the Yankees faced many dilemmas but they still qualified for the World Series.
The first dilemma was the Yankees' poor performance (79wins and 75 losses) in the 1959 season. Their bad performance resulted in some paycuts. Some of the players accepted their paycut, while others did not want to take a paycut at all or as much. Bob Turley, the New York Yankees pitcher, accepted his paycut and he signed at about $28,000 ("Turley of Yanks Accepts Pay Cut", February 2, 1960). On the other hand, Mickey Mantle did not accept his paycut of about $15,000 less, he thought they were cutting him off too much money ("Mantle Rejects Pact, Calls Pay Cut Too Big", January 21, 1960). Mantle then left because he was upset with the paycuts.
The second dilemma that occurred during the 1960 season was that the New York Yankees were signing different contacts. Bob Turley signed two different contacts. Turley signed a six year contract as a Yankees player and he signed another contact for ten years as a major leaguer. Yogi Berra also signed over contracts ("Berra Signs 4 Yankee Contracts", January 29, 1960). All of the contract signings were affecting the Yankees manager, he began to worry.
The third dilemma was that now a worried manager was managing the Yankees through the baseball season. Contract signings were one of the things that worried him because he couldn't get the whole team together and that led to delayed practices. Not having the team together made it even harder to maintain and hold good, hard working, whole team practices. Another worry that was affecting the practices was the weather. The weather wasn't baseball weather, it was not good weather to be practicing in (during the season).
The fourth dilemma was that during a game against the Washington Senators, Mantle caught a flyball that ended the second game. When he was on his way to the Yankees dugout, people came from the stands onto the field. A mob attacked Mantle, leaving him a bruised jaw. While he was leaving the stadium, he also got punched and mauled by some fans. Mantle pushed his way through the crowd to escape. The press claimed that Mantle punched the fans in the mob while he tried to leave. People called the stadium and complained that Mantle hit them or their kids in the crowd. Mantle said, "I would never hit a kid, I have four of my own and I wouldn't hit a fan." ("Punching Tactics Denied By Mantle" June 1,1960).Mantle let it known that he did not hit anyone back. He said that he was just trying to escape the crowd ("Mantle Hurts Jaw In Running Battle With Mob of Fans" May 31, 1960).
The Yankees qualified to the World Series of 1960. It was down to the New York Yankees versus the Pittsburgh Pirates. Out on the field both teams wanted to win the World Series bad and each team was determined, but only one team could be called the winner and walk away known as the 1960 World Series champions. The last inning was either win it or lose it, it was the the inning that determined if the Yankees or Pirates would win. In that last inning, Bill Mazoroski stole the victory right from the Yankees. Mazoroski, from the Pittsburgh Pirates, made a homerun. That last homerun won the Pirates the 1960 World Series.
The final dilemma was, the Yankees pitched an idea of the city buying the Yankee Stadium. If the city brought the Stadium then the Yankees would be the co-tenants. William A. Shea wanted to build a new stadium, Flushing Meadow Stadium. Shea` was the founder of the Continental League. He also refused to play in the Yankee Stadium because they wanted their own stadium. The estimation of the new Flushing Meadow Stadium would be around $15,000,000 and they would be tripling bleachers to the capacity of 100,000. There would be new parking spaces and escalators. Branch Rickey said, "This is progress, and the only way to make progress is to make more progress." ("Yankees Bid City Buy Stadium And Seek 2d Club as Tenant", February 10, 1960). This meant that the Yankees might have to face some comeptition to be the best in New York City and the had the concern of losing fans to the new team and league. If the Yankees were to lose fans then they would lose money and that meant that there would be more paycuts which could lead to some players leaving the team.
Since the New York Yankees lost the World Series, they were devastated. None of the problems or drama that the Yankees went through, really did not affect them winning or losing the 1960 World Series. When the Yankees had that heartbreaking loss, some players blamed their other teammates. This was a loss that the Yankees had to face. They lost as a team.
Tiana Rivera.
WORK CITED:
Drebinger, John, Berra Signs 4 Yankee Contracts, NEW YORK TIMES, January 29th, 1960, print.
Effrat, Louis, Turley Of Yanks Accept Paycut, NEW YORK TIMES, February 2nd, 1960, print.
Mantle Hurts Jaw In Running Battle With Mob Of Fans, NEW YORK TIMES, May 31st, 1960, print.
Mantle Rejects Pact, Calls Pay Cut Too Big, NEW YORK TIMES, January 21st, 1960, print.
Porter, Russell, Yankees Bid City Buy Stadium And Seek 2d Club as Tenants, NEW YORK TIMES, Febraury 10th, 1960, print.
Punching Tactics Denied By Mantle, NEW YORK TIMES, June 1st, 1960, print,
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